well this is pretty fucked up!

[blunt_trauma]

Ireland Imprisons Rape Victim For Refusing to Testify

A woman who alleged that she was the victim of a gang rape in Ireland was arrested and temporarily imprisoned after a judge said she must to stand directly in front of the three accused and point out her alleged assailants.

Reporters present in court described her as visibly distressed.

The victim became so distressed that lawyers told the court they feared she might collapse. When she failed to appear in court the day after the forced identification, a warrant was issued for her arrest.

The trial was abandoned and the men were acquitted.

She was arrested in the hospital after receiving medical treatment for an apparent suicide attempt and spent a day in the court’s jail cells. She had left a note for her partner saying she was too scared to return to the court.

The judge, Mr Justice Paul Carney, could order a retrial, but he said:

“If she has to spend a long time in prison herself waiting for a retrial that’s her fault.”

Campaigners have condemned the treatment of the woman by Carney and the case has provoked demands for a major overhaul of the way rape trials are conducted in Ireland.

Rape Crisis Network Ireland Director Fiona Neary, said that it was highly unusual for a victim to be required to do a dock identification.

“What is apparent is that she found it traumatising and made a decision shortly afterwards to withdraw her cooperation from the trial. The implications of that decision and the implications of the decisions and actions of the professionals involved that followed are deeply concerning. The resulting position the witness was placed in was unacceptable,” Neary said.

“Standards must include handling cases of this nature with sensitivity, empathy and compassion. Such a standard is not only in the interest of the State not causing trauma to an already vulnerable witness, but is also in the interest of gathering the best evidence and facilitating the testing of the prosecution’s evidence in court.”

“It is unacceptable that this vulnerable woman was put through these ordeals. Whatever the reasons for this sequence of events, we need to look at finding ways to ensure that it is never repeated.”

Ireland has one of the highest attrition rates for rape and sexual assault cases in Europe.

 

[blunt_trauma]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/12/alleged-rape-victim-arrested-ireland

lit didn't like my original link.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

The day before St. Pattys day even!!!

maybe they have been drinking early?

 

[girlsmiley]

That judge is a bit of a cunt.

Grrrrrrrr.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

rapey sex? some men think it's all the same.

 

[Stewart_Pidd]

women in the US only have to pay for the rape kits bro! is that considered getting off easy?

Stew

 

[Lancecastor]

The article keeps saying over and over that they are all from eastern europe....reading between the lines, it sounds like a prostitute who didn't get paid.

 

[Sean]

Banana repubilik, septic isle...

 

[John Doe]

The day before St. Pattys day even!!!

maybe they have been drinking early?

Right, because the Irish only drink on or near St. Patrick's Day.

 

[Ishmael]

The article keeps saying over and over that they are all from eastern europe....reading between the lines, it sounds like a prostitute who didn't get paid.

Or perhaps she wants to keep breathing once she's released from the hospital.

Ishmael

 

[Ham Murabi]

Of course she's going to jail.
She was asking for it.

 

[warrior queen]

In Morocco, victims of rape are forced to marry their rapists by the courts.
Just this week, a 16 yr old girl who was forced to marry the man who raped her when she was 15, committed suicide because of the ongoing abuse and rape she was forced to endure as his wife.
There are worse places.
Just saying.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Or perhaps she wants to keep breathing once she's released from the hospital.

Ishmael

I have to agree with you there. I equally believe the accused should have the right to face their accuser. One has to wonder what was going through the minds of 3 men who want to rape or even have consensual sex with a pregnant woman.

My biggest question is where was her 'partner'? And why wasn't the partner part of the trial?

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Right, because the Irish only drink on or near St. Patrick's Day.

Fucking loopholes in the Irish Judicial System! I thought that only happened in the US.

 

[ForkedTongue]

The article keeps saying over and over that they are all from eastern europe....reading between the lines, it sounds like a prostitute who didn't get paid.

Polish make up the largest minority in Ireland, most of which are NOT prostitutes so any reference to her being eastern European would have more to do with between the lines racism than prostitution.

Banana repubilik, septic isle...

With a written constitution, unlike your banana monarchy.

 

[Lancecastor]

Or perhaps she wants to keep breathing once she's released from the hospital.

Ishmael

Exactly...I was going to say she's safer in jail, but that's probably not the case either.

You US Citizens ought to be asking for pics/specs....every eastern eurogrrl dreams of living in eff ell eh, eh?

 

[blunt_trauma]

this is even more fucked up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jlDUCNvtd4&feature=g-vrec&context=G2e6c993RVAAAAAAAAAQ

 

[hobbit.]

Banana repubilik, septic isle...

papists and animals. is there a difference?

 

[hobbit.]

not really...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2F4ZWTjwTU&feature=fvsr

 

[garbage can]

In Morocco, victims of rape are forced to marry their rapists by the courts.
Just this week, a 16 yr old girl who was forced to marry the man who raped her when she was 15, committed suicide because of the ongoing abuse and rape she was forced to endure as his wife.
There are worse places.
Just saying.

Hush, Warrior Queen, we must learn to understand our Muslim Brethren.